Events in Music History in November 1986

Menlove Avenue

Nov 3 John Lennon's "Menlove Avenue" album released posthumously

  • Nov 6 "Just Like the First Time" second studio album by Freddie Jackson is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1987)

Song and Dance

Nov 8 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Song and Dance", starring Bernadette Peters, closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 474 performances and a Tony Award for Peters

Springsteen's Live/1975-85

Nov 10 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band "Live/1975-85", a 5 LP box set of concert recordings

Licensed to Ill

Nov 15 Beastie Boys release their debut album "Licensed to Ill" - 1st No. 1 rap album on Billboard charts

Music Premiere

Nov 17 Musical revue "Oh, Coward!" featuring the songs of Noël Coward, opens at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances

  • Nov 24 "Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances
  • Nov 30 "Flamenco Puro" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 40 performances